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REGISTER NOW! Registration Information: https://christiancoaches.com/thrive-2019/

and MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Thursday, October 10, 2019 12:25 pm – 9:00 pm EDT Friday, October 11, 2019 9:55 am – 9:00 pm EDT Saturday, October 12, 2019 9:55 am – 1:40 pm EDT

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Thursday, October 10, 2019

12:25-12:30 pm EDT Opening Prayer Jenny Karr, CCNI President

12:30-1:30 pm EDT

Gary Wood

120 Feet: Turning Your Box of Thoughts into a Flying Machine 1 RD CEU* Participants will (be able to):

● Turn your study and meditation into a live course.● Leverage your live course into a demand for coaching.● Repurpose your course and coaching into new tools, programs,

books and more.

Maybe you need the same question God asked Moses, “What is that in your hand?”

Our personal time with the Lord, through good times and tough, may be the very “box of parts” we could use to create something that would benefit others … and create meaningful income.

Using his own experience as the backdrop, Gary will illustrate how to create that first course and “watch it take flight.” He’ll encourage you that it’s possible to use that course to generate coaching engagements, programs … and more.

Real life experience … applied. Let’s see if we can get you off the ground.

3:00-4:00 pm EDT

Janice LaVore-Fletcher

The Power of Three in Coaching 1 CC CEU* Participants will (be able to):

● Build a powerful partnership with your client and Holy Spirit forthe best outcome for the client and for God's glory

● Gain clarity on how the core coaching competencies oflistening, powerful questioning and coaching presence work asa dynamic trio in Christian coaching conversations

What does it mean to fully partner with Holy Spirit in your coaching conversations? When we invite Him into the partnership, then we must trust Him, the Spirit of Truth, to lead us into transformational coaching conversations. How can we learn to listen deeply on multiple levels, ask powerful Holy Spirit-directed questions, and be open and flexible for Holy Spirit's guidance? In this session, we will explore how, as Christian coaches, we can co-create a partnership that flourishes on a deep spiritual level for a greater impact.

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5:30-6:30 pm EDT

Jordan Mercedes

Legacy Mentoring: The Power of Belief and Caring 1 CC CEU* Participants will learn:

● 5 Principles that make Legacy Mentors more valuable.● How to Move beyond transactional or information mentoring to

life impacting.● What a mentee really wants when they are seeking a mentor.● How to get maximum benefit from working with a mentor.

Mentoring is a part of coach training and a requirement to keep your credential, but not all mentoring is equal. Mentor relationships that have the most impact are those that leave a legacy and live on long after the mentor engagement is over.

8:00-9:00 pm EDT

Brent O’Bannon

Go in The Strengths You Have: Biblical Strengths-Based Coaching Strategies 1 CC CEU*

Participants will (be able to): ● AIM your strengths to the 11 ICF Coaching Core Competencies● ASK Powerful Strengths-Based Questions with your Coaching

Clients● ACTION planning for coach and clients

Brent will help you enhance your coaching by discovering your CliftonStrengths® results, then demonstrate how to AIM your strengths to the 11 ICF coaching core competencies. Then he will help you learn how to ASK powerful strengths-based questions individualized to client strengths, & finally Brent will show you strategies how to design ACTION steps for yourself as well as your clients to become the world class coach that God has called YOU to become.

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Friday, October 11, 2019

9:55-10:00 am EDT Opening Prayer Christopher McCluskey, President, Professional Christian Coaching Institute

10:00-11:00 am EDT

Walt Hastings

A New Comprehensive Model for a Coaching Conversation: CHRIST 1 CC CEU*

Participants will (be able to): ● Use a simple but comprehensive model to guide them through

a coaching conversation and touch on all the important basesalong the way.

● Employ a coaching model that takes into consideration alleleven of the ICF core competencies.

● Discover key questions to be used in a coaching conversationfor each significant point.

The CHRIST coaching model has been developed for coach training with Christian leaders, pastors and workers. It is a comprehensive model that includes all of the ICF core competencies yet reminds believing Christian coaches to keep Christ at the center of their coaching conversations.

A model is a representation of something real. A coaching model is simply a representation of what a real coaching conversation might look like. There is no lack of coaching models! How do you choose an effective coaching model? Here are some criteria for choosing a model: simple…comprehensive…logical progression…encourages deep exploration…active listening…powerful questions…steps to move forward.

12:30-1:30 am EDT

Vic & Gwen Flaming

Ircel Harrison

Panel Discussion

Coaching & Faith Questions: Community Q & A with Panel Discussion 1 RD CEU*

Do you have questions about incorporating your faith into your coaching practice? Are you wrestling with questions related to coaching and your Christian beliefs? Join our panel of coaches as they answer your questions on Coaching and Faith. This interactive session will provide you with the opportunity to ask questions related to faith and coaching.

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3:00-4:00 pm EDT

Keith Webb

The First 7 Minutes Sets Up Breakthrough 1 CC CEU*

Participants will learn: • How to avoid wasting time discussing the wrong issue.• How to uncover what is important to the client.• How to create client agreements that lead to breakthrough.

The transformative “ah-ha” moment in a coaching conversation doesn’t happen by chance. What the coach does in the first 7 minutes determines the likelihood of the client experiencing a small or large breakthrough.

5:30-6:30 pm EDT

Dennis Hooper

How to Be a Christian Coach without Pushing Your Religion 1 RD CEU*

Participants will (be able to): ● identify three elements of "trust"● identify the role of "service" in leading others● appreciate the effectiveness of listening in leading others● realize the building of leadership skills in others as an act of

service

As a coach, learn how to utilize Christian principles to best serve your client.

8:00-9:00 pm EDT

Michael Marx

Preparing Your Clients to Help People who are Suicidal 1 RD CEU*

Participants will (be able to): ● Communicate suicidal warning signs● Show the best level of compassion● Help people find the best resources

A client calls you. She is very concerned about a friend of hers who she thinks is suicidal. What can you tell her that will not only help save the person, but will also comfort and calm your client? More people will contact you about helping someone else, than helping themselves. This presentation will give you the basics of how to provide the appropriate level of support. This knowledge is a MUST for all those who work in roles involving trust and confidence.

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Saturday, October 12, 2019 9:55-10:00 am EDT

Opening Prayer Rich Weigel, CCNI President-Elect

10:00 – 11:00 am EDT

Frances Penafort

Know your Code of Ethics 1 CC CEU* Participants will (be able to):

● Acknowledge Best Practices in endorsing the Code of Ethics ● Understand the IRB process of handling Ethical complaints ● Appreciation of the types of Remedial Actions & Sanctions

imposed In this session, Frances will use case studies to help you gain a deeper level of appreciation of the ICF Code of Ethics.

12:30-1:30 pm EDT

Cheryl Scanlan

The Role of Resilience in Building Your Business 1 RD CEU* Participants will (be able to):

● Recognize moments in their own journey when resilience was in play

● Prepare for future seasons of challenge ● Remove unnecessary struggle, strain and strife from the

season of challenge ● Recover from the season of challenge

Resilience: How do you grow the practice during seasons of challenge? Is it even possible? Each of us will face challenging seasons. What do we do with the business during those times? How do we keep it moving forward and should we even try? Somehow, the Good Lord permitted me to grow a very successful practice while dealing with ER trips, medical drama and ongoing pain and health unknowns. Your stuff is different than my stuff, but it's still stuff! In this workshop, we are going to face the stuff we face head on. One rule for joining us - no complaining about our circumstances allowed. We will begin our journey with gratefulness and ride on the powerful current God creates in our minds through that. Can't wait to see you there!

1:30-1:40 pm EDT

Closing Comments Jenny Karr, CCNI President

*Approval for ICF Core Competency (CC) and Resource Development (RD) Continuing Education Units has been requested.

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Thrive 2019: Coaching from a Biblical Perspective Speaker Biographies

Victor Flaming, PCC & Gwen Flaming, RN, PCC are ICF Professional Certified Coaches each with over ten years coaching experience. They completed coach training programs at the Institute for Life Coach Training and also Coaching Mission International. Both have degrees in Biblical Studies from Moody Bible Institute. Gwen also graduated from Deaconess School of Nursing. Vic and Gwen provide coaching, training, mentoring and pastoral care for mission leadership teams and boards at Coaching for Life Change. Ircel Harrison, DMin, ACC is the Coaching Coordinator for Pinnacle Leadership Associates and is a Supplemental Associate Professor in the MDiv and DMin Missional Theology Programs at Central Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to supporting the work of Pinnacle's coaches, he provides personal development coaching for clergy leaders, plans and conducts professional development events, and consults with churches and not for profit organizations on teambuilding, visioning, and transitions. Walt Hastings, DMin, MCC Walt has been coaching for 20 years and holds the MCC credential with the ICF. He served one year as the Credentialing Director for CCNI. He also is active in his local Colorado ICF Chapter, having served on the Board for five years in various capacities as Credentialing Director, Membership Director and Treasurer. Walt earned the DMin degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2000. He has served in pastoral ministry for about 36 years, and presently serves as an executive pastor in his local church. He and his wife, Sharon, are on the staff of One Challenge, a missions organization, where Walt provides coach training for staff and leaders. Dennis Hooper, MBA, BEE, CFCC Dennis spent 23 years in five locations with Procter & Gamble helping hundreds of managers and technicians build their leadership skills. He then spent 7 years consulting with the leadership teams of manufacturing locations within the Weyerhaeuser Company. In 2002, Dennis trained and was certified as a coach at the FranklinCovey Leadership Institute. For ten years, Dennis' clients were distributed across many states, and he conducted most of his coaching by phone. For the past eight years, Dennis has conducted all of his coaching in person in Atlanta, GA. Janice LaVore-Fletcher, PCC, CMC, GCSC has a passion for equipping coaches to become effective, confident, and fiercely courageous so they are well prepared to launch a successful and sustainable coaching business or ministry. Janice is the Founder and President of Christian Coach Institute, an Accredited ICF School. She is a Professional Certified Coach (ICF), a Certified Christian Professional Coach (CCNI), a Gallup Certified Strengths Coach, a Certified Mentor Coach and a Commissioned Stephen Minister. Janice’s formal education is in Behavioral Sciences and her early life coach training was at CoachU under the founder of coaching, Thomas Leonard. Janice brings years of corporate experience in leadership, human resources and training and development. She

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is author of, Called to Coach - Inspiring Stories of Christian Life Coaches Who Answered God’s Call, available on Amazon and bookstores near you. Michael J Marx, MBA, EdD, PCC, CPCC Michael is an ICF Professional Certified Coach specializing in business coaching and corporate consultation. Dr. Marx currently serves as the leader of the ICF ‘Global Community of Practice on Ethics.’ He also serves on the ICF Independent Review Board and on the Ethics Code Review Team. Additionally, he is a past-president of Christian Coaches Network International and the author of Ethics and Risk Management for Christian Coaches (2016). He is launching an initiative to inform coaches about suicide intervention called Coaches4Hope. Jordan Mercedes, ACC is a Professional and Personal Development Coach and instructor at Professional Christian Coach Institute. She has a private practice where she mentors and teaches leaders how to bring coaching into the workplace with her Leaders Coach Forward™ training and works with clients on next level personal development with her My Win Code™ coaching partnership. Jordan started group coaching in 2004 with a women’s retreat to help prevent burnout and enjoys working with clients and new coaches helping them grow in clarity, stand strong in confidence and embrace their unique brilliance. Brent O’Bannon, PCC is a human potential expert that has facilitated more than 27,000 1:1 sessions as the 1st Gallup Certified Strengths Coach in the world, an ICF Professional Certified Coach, & Amazon top-selling author. Frances Penafort, PhD, MCC utilizes her coaching philosophy to partner with leaders in their transformation journey so they can show-case their better-version! Frances is an International Coach Federation Master Certified Coach (MCC) focusing primarily on supporting leaders. She is on the ICF Ethics Global Board (2016-2019), the ICF Global Nominating Committee (2018-2019) and also the ICF Core Competency Review Team (2019). Her professional qualifications include – being a Certified Mentor Coach (Invite Change, USA), Certified Coach Supervisor (CSA, U.K.), Certified Global Mindset Consultant (Thunderbird, USA), and Certified Harrison Assessment Consultant (HATS, USA). Academically, she holds a Bachelor in Accounting (University Malaya), Masters in Accounting (University of Southampton, UK) and also a Ph.D. in Accounting (University Malaya). Cheryl Scanlan, MCC, CMCC, BCC is an MCC coach with over 500 hours of education and over 10,000 hours client coaching experience. She has a heart for the Christian coaching industry and believes that because of the Holy Spirit's power within, we should be the most effective and sought-after coaches in the world. Her passion for coaching stems from the understanding that coaching recognizes two very important aspects of the process 1. The need to respect and dignify the client and 2. The need to honor the client's freewill - a right ordained by God Himself for each individual. Cheryl's business, Mentor Coach Insights, includes a member platform called Coach's Edge which is a "one stop shop" for acquiring CCEs, growing the business and sharpening coaching skills. Additionally, Cheryl is Provost of the largest Christian coach training school, overseeing a faculty of 40 professionals. Cheryl coaches leaders and executives across the country helping them implement a "Leader as Coach" approach to their businesses to develop high performance companies that provide a sense of deep fulfillment for team members.

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Keith Webb, DMin, PCC For 20 years, Keith lived in Japan, Indonesia, and Singapore. These experiences led him to question conventional leadership practices. in 2004, Keith created the COACH Model® and since then, a series of International Coach Federation (ICF) approved coaching training programs. In the revised and expanded edition of The COACH Model for Christian Leaders, Keith shares the process that he taught more than 10,000 leaders around the world use to solve problems, reach goals, and develop people." Gary Wood, PCC, BCC In his coaching, Gary Wood supports leaders and executives through unusual periods of stress and critical decision-making. Since 1998, he has assisted corporate, business, government, nonprofit, and ministry professionals to maximize contribution and achievement while minimizing those things that can lead to overload and burnout. Gary is an author, and has created both live, and online-self-paced, courses. For the past few years he has focused considerable attention on his signature Clarity & Momentum Thinking. Gary enjoys a vibrant walk with the Lord. He is married to his elementary school sweetheart, Alice. The have a grown family, and live in a beautiful lake area of Ontario, Canada.